Bibliographies
Bibliography for Teachers
Daniels, Marilyn Bizar Harvey. Teaching The Best Practice Way (2005 1st Edition) (Methods That Matter, K-12). 1ST ed. York: Stenhouse Publishers, 2005. Print.
—This provides key essentials on various ways of teaching students to think and to analyze information, use small group instruction and connecting ideas. It can be used by teachers of classrooms k-12. I have used it to create graphic organizers as well as using the resources that can be found in the appendices.
"Don't Buy It . Advertising Tricks | PBS KIDS GO!." PBS KIDS: Educational Games, Videos and Activities For Kids!. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 July 2010. http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/>.
—This site is full of information on ways that advertisements engage kids and persuade them to dress, act, and think a certain way. It is a site that should be used by parent, teachers, and students.
Heinrichs, Jay. Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. new york: Three Rivers Press, 2007. Print.
—This book is a very fun and easy read that takes Aristotle and other speakers and discusses their approach to persuasion. It provides real world current day uses of the strategies deemed important in persuasion as an art, to make it applicable today.
Pinnell, Irene C.;, and Gay Su Fountas. Guiding Readers and Writers Grades 3-6: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy. Chicago: Heinemann, 2000. Print.
—Guiding Readers and Writers book, demonstrates ways of teaching comprehension and reading and writing while making connections. This is helpful when discussing various books in this unit, and allowing the students to make real world connections
Wills, Garry. Lincoln at Gettysburg. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Print
—This book examines Lincoln speech he gave the Gettysburg Address. This is a helpful resource to gain insight on how Lincoln's words were so profound and how they came to change the world.
"Altgeld Gardens, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 July 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altgeld
"Using Stories For Persuasion | EDU.UDYM.com." EDU.UDYM Information for your life. Get the benefit of our combined research and effort to guide your information needs.. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 July 2010. http://edu.udym.com/using-stories-for-persuasion/>.
—I used this site to determine ways of which stories had been used to persuade long ago. It was an additional resource that can be used to continue to gain momentum when teaching this unit. It uses various approaches to analyzing different selections
Gitlin, Todd. Media Unlimited, Revised Edition: How the torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. Revised Edition ed. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2007. Print.
—Really cool book. It viewed media as a whole and how it never stops stimulating us and exactly how it does. It is helpful in better understanding the uses of media and exploring what media is geared to do. Using this as a resource builds background knowledge of visual stimulations and how influential they are.
Bibliography for Students
"Don't Buy It . Advertising Tricks | PBS KIDS GO!." PBS KIDS: Educational Games, Videos and Activities For Kids!. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 July 2010. http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/>.
—This site is full of information on ways that advertisements engage kids and persuade them to dress, act, and think a certain way. It is a site that should be used by parent, teachers, and students.
Pinkney, Patricia C. (Author):, and Jerry(Illustrator) McKissack. The All-I'll-Ever-Want . [Hardcover] New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, Print.
—This is a story that makes mention of advertisements and how the main character responds and really desires the doll that she sees. Students can discuss this story and imagine how this advertisement most likely would have looked.
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